Jump cup



y 6, 1970 J. GORDON 3,514,062

JUMP CUP Filed Feb. 28, 1969 FIG. 2

INVENTOR/ JACK GORDON PWW 7361.; +7304;

ATTORNEYS United States Patent "ice 3514M Patented May 26, 1970 j thetop edge of the cup 11. The bottom edge 14 has 3,514,062 a generallyperpendicular slot 16.

JUMP CUP The jump cup 11 is applied to a post 17. The post 17 Jack 79Bansdale Road may be implanted in the ground, or mounted on a suitableMadison 07940 base 18. The post has numerous holes 19. A pin is liedFeb.28,1969,Ser.N0.803,368 o Int. Cl. A47g 29/02 inserted 1n a hole 19at the selected height. A similar pm s CL 248 248 2 Claims 20 1sInserted in a corresponding hole 19 on the opposite side of the post 17.The jump cup 11 is now placed against the front side 21 of the post andthe slots 16 are moved to embrace the pins 20. The rear edge 22 of thejump cup 11 is so dimensioned that it will engage the front side 21 ofthe post 17 and maintain the longitudinal axis of the cup 11 horizontal,i.e. the cup 11 will be substantially perpendicular to the vertical post17. 15 The foregoing description is merely intended to illustrate anembodiment of the invention. The component ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 1Jump cups for holding bars for horses to pump over, in which ahemicylindrical cup is provided with coaxial, rearwardly extendingslotted arms, the slots of which fit over pins on a post.

parts have been shown and described. They each may BACKGROUND OF THEINVENTION ha-ve substitutes which may perform a substantially simi-Field of invention lar function; such substitutes may be known as proper20 substitutes for the said components and may have actually been knownor invented before the present invention.

What is claimed: 1. A jump cup comprising This invention relatesgenerally to supports (commonly called jump cups), and particularly toadjustably jump cups.

1mm art (a) a hemicylindrical cup open at each end,

In equitation, the horse is commonly ridden over var- 25 (b) coaxial,parallel arms on the cup extending as a ious jumps, including horizontalbars. Such bars must be continuation thereof from one open end of thecup supported in such a manner that a light contact will not anddimensioned to embrace a portion of a post, necessarily displace the barfrom the support. Yet a firm (c) slots, extending in a general upwarddirection, contact should displace the bar, in order not to injure thefrom the bottom of the arms adjacent the bottom of horse. If the supportshould be too rigidly held, the conthe hemicylinder and dimensioned toreceive a pair tact of the horse might result in severe injury to horseand of pins on the side of the post, rider. Supports for bars do notalways attain such ends. (d) both said arms being parallel to the axisof the These supports may be difiicult to adjust, may hold thehemicylindrical cup but both offset from said axis bar precariously, orhold the bar too rigidly. in the same direction so as to allow the rearedge of the said one open end of the cup spaced sufiiciently SUMMARY OFTHE INVENTION away from the slots to engage the front of the post,

It has been found that a jump cup can be devised which and to supportthe cup in a horizontal position with is easily adjusted as to height,holds the bar firmly, et the concave side up. subject to displacementupon heavy contact, and does 2. A jump cup according to claim 1 incombination not yield the bar upon light contact. Such a cup has a ithconcave bar support and rearwardly extending slotted (a) a generallyvertical post front, arms. The slots embrace pins in the post and arereadily (b) pins extending outwardly from the sides of the disengagedfor height adjustment of the jump cup. post, and engaged with the slots,

(C)ffl11'lB front of the pOSt engaged the rear edge 0 t e on Theseobjects and advantages as well as other objects p References Cit d andadvantages may be attained by the device shown by way of illustration inthe drawings in which UNITED STATES PATENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective viewof a jump cup attached to 639,027 1 399 F t r 2 XR apost; 792,366 6/1905Taylor 5296 XR FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a jump cup, upside1,098,945 6/ 1914 Frederick 182187 down, 1,445,317 2/ 1923 Horwich et a15296 XR PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 2,941,767 6/1960 Mogey 248-300 XR The jumpcup is made of any suitable material, but 3153526 10/1964 Pawsey248fl221 heavy gauge steel is preferred for its lightness, rigidity,FOREIGN PATENTS and strength. A cup 11 is formed, having a concave upper837,459 4/1952 Germanysurface and a corresponding convex bottom surface.Preferably, the concave surface should describe a hemicylin- DAVIDWILLIAMOWSKY, p i Examiner der. At the end (the rear) of thehemicylinder, a pair of arms 12 generally parallel to the central axisof the cup KUNDRAT Asslstant Exammer 11 and to each other, are formedintegrally therewith. The U S C1 X R arms 12 extend rearwardly from thecup 11, having their top 13 and bottom 14 edges respectively above andbelow 248-; 272-59; 119-29; 28754

